The New York Liberty beat the winless Mystics 93-88 on Sunday to clinch homecourt in the Commissioner's Cup championship game.
The Liberty, who won the Commissioner's Cup last season, will host the Commissioner's Cup title game on June 25. New York, which has won seven straight games, will play the top team in the Western Conference cup standings.
New York came through a grueling stretch with five games in eight days, including winning back-to-back contests on Saturday and Sunday. The Liberty led by two heading into the fourth quarter before they extended the lead to 86-79 with 4:03 left on a putback by Jones. Washington scored the only basket over the next 2:30 minutes untilWashington scored the next five points and only trailed 88-86 with 24 seconds left. Ionescu hit the second of two free throws to make it a three-point game.made a layup to bring Washington within one.
Washington has lost nine of its 12 games by single digits. The Mystics are still behind Atlanta's record 17-game losing streak to begin the 2008 season. The Mystics have been playing without stars "I'll say we're holding up pretty well, not that anyone's happy about it," Mystics coach Eric Thibault said."You never want to get to the point where you feel like you're accepting it, and I don't think we've done that. But we've come back with each game and battled. We don't look like a discouraged team. We don't look like a team that's mailing it in."had a behind-the-back pass in the second quarter that led to a layup for Washington.
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